Oil prices are coming down and analysts aren’t mincing words saying say it’s bad news for Canada’s oil-producing provinces. But there is a flip side because bad news for the drillers in this instance is good news for Canadian consumers, who should be able to get a respite from high gas prices. Brent crude prices […]
Fracking not a concern in one community
Hydraulic fracturing may be controversial in California, but it’s not at all new. Fracking, has been happening for more than 40 years in Kern County, north of Los Angeles. There are parts of Kern County that are covered, as far as the eye can see, with oil wells. The town of Taft is at the […]
One man’s unique method of cleaning up oil spills in water
Rob interviews accelerator physicist Arden Warner of Fermilab about his new concept for cleaning up oil spills in water.
This oil absorbing sponge could change everything
Rob chats with EMPA researcher Philippe Tingaut via Skype about the oil-only absorbing sponge they’ve developed.
Seeing the light when it comes to oil sands tailings ponds reclamation
Cleaning up oil sands tailings may become a little greener thanks to the work of University of Alberta civil engineering professors. They use solar energy to accelerate tailings pond reclamation efforts by industry. Instead of using UV lamps as a light source to treat oil sands process affected water (OSPW) retained in tailings ponds, professors […]
New testing standards set for crude being transported by rail in the U.S.
The oil industry’s lead trade group has come up with new standards for testing and classifying crude shipped by rail. As with earlier orders from the American government, the industry’s standards generally leave it to individual companies to decide how often to test crude in order to gauge its danger. Hazardous-materials shipments are supposed to […]
What have we learned
If you wondered why the oil and gas industry has trouble finding qualified workers a new report released by Portage College sheds some light on the situation. Titled “Environmental Scan— Pipeline Industry“, and using figures from Statistics Canada, an analysis of job postings and interviews with Alberta pipeline companies was done to assess the needs of […]
5 new inductees to Petroleum Hall of Fame
The 5 new members of the Petroleum Hall of Fame will be formally inducted in November. Robert Brown Sr.: From the early days of electrical power in New England at the turn of the 19th century, Brown came west in 1906 to Calgary as superintendent of the Northwest Electric Company and enjoyed a variety of roles, […]
Speeding up nature’s oil spill cleaning process
Imagine if oil spills could be completely cleaned up soon after a marine accident. And this could be made possible thanks to none other than warrior microorganisms who attacked and completely broke down the oil. The latter might sound like a science fiction movie, but it actually happens in nature. Regardless of human methods used […]
Kinder Morgan studies impact a pipeline rupture could have on Fraser River
The environmental recovery from a “full bore” oil pipeline rupture into the lower Fraser River could take up to five years. That’s according to a study done as part of Kinder Morgan’s planning for its proposed $5.4-billion The study examined the environmental impact of a spill of 1.25 million litres of diluted bitumen into the […]
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